Pretty sure you can use any light, since its quite literally capturing a photo of light. You just adjust the exposure to compensate for the amount of light like we already do.

Right, so at 1 billionth of the current max shutter speed of 1/8000 s, to 'just adjust the exposure to compensate for the amount of light like we already do,' you'd need to go 36 stops higher than ISO 100. Know any cameras that can set ISO 6,871,947,673,600?

It looks strange they're using a old Sigma 28-70/2,8 instead of a superfast lens, considering they need multiple exposures to get the image at that crazy fast frame rate.Thanks to the new Sigma service, I could borrow them my Canon 50/0,95...

It looks strange they're using a old Sigma 28-70/2,8 instead of a superfast lens, considering they need multiple exposures to get the image at that crazy fast frame rate.Thanks to the new Sigma service, I could borrow them my Canon 50/0,95...

I think the BBC report was using that as an example. I'd be they are using their own custom optics for this. Probably. I could be wrong though.